Akeem Anderson is a third-year American Studies PhD student and a 3L at the University of Minnesota Law School (@UofMNLawSchool). Visit the link to read Akeem's Q&A, where they detail (re)analyzing histories, creating inclusive worlds, and more: z.umn.edu/Akeem #UMNAMST

ICYMI: Dr. Elliott Powell was interviewed on NPR's "Here & Now" to talk about Prince and Purple Rain. Congratulations, Dr. Powell! Listen here: wbur.org/hereandnow/202… #UMNAMST

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the scholars, students, and alumni in CLA who are leading with purpose & inspiring us to shape a better future. 🔗 Read their bold stories: ow.ly/40UT50Vc6Yr #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay #HerStory #UMNCLAProud

Luisa Gaona (she/her) is a senior double-majoring in American Studies and Chicano & Latino Studies. Visit the link to read our Q&A with Luisa, where she details her course recommendations, how she came to choose American Studies as a major, and more. z.umn.edu/Luisa

For the second year, CLA students embarked on the MLK Immersion Trip—a weeklong journey through key civil rights landmarks in the South. From Memphis to Selma, they explored history beyond the classroom. Read more: 🔗 ow.ly/WIe250Vifzr

On #TransDayOfVisibility, we’re sharing a guide on TGD youth co-authored by Prof. Kathy Hull of UMN Sociology. Released by the American Sociological Association, it highlights harmful policies & their impact on TGD youth. ow.ly/eN8U50Vq7Mh

Are you interested in topics like politics of ethnographic knowledge, Marxist/feminist theories of culture, culture, language, and discourse, psychological anthropology, or culture/transnational processes? Check out ANTH 3003 Cultural Anthropology this fall w/ Prof. David Lipset.

We're excited to have poet and Mizna Writing Collective member Nikki Lewis join the launch of our reading series this week! Join us on April 4, 2025 at 7pm, Baba's Hummus House More info: mizna.org/event/aahm-202…

UMN has received a $500K grant to support the development of an intersectional and transnational critical disability studies curricular program. ow.ly/K0bZ50VrSVq

Professors Miranda Joseph and Erin Durban have a new publication about their interdisciplinary research project exploring racialized landownership and the University of Minnesota faculty neighborhood of University Grove. z.umn.edu/dis-anthro

A recent New York Times' article celebrating 20 years of Youtube features Adam Nyerere Bahner (M.A. '08), on Youtube as TayZonday (TayZonday). Read the article here: nytimes.com/2025/04/23/tec…

Summer enrollment for AMST 3214: "Queer Kinship: Undoing the American Family" is still open! This online asynchronous course meets the Arts/Humanities and Race, Power, and Justice in the U.S. requirements. Course info: umtc.catalog.prod.coursedog.com/courses/8253301

🎧: New podcast episode with Rose Miron (Newberry Library), author of Indigenous Archival Activism, and Jennifer O'Neal (contrib/Indigenous Archives) on public history and memory. share.transistor.fm/s/37e696c3

Just Released: Wicazo Sa Review Vol. 38, No. 1 & 2 🌌 Special Issue: Indigenous Futurisms 🌌 Guest edited by Madeline Rose Mendoza and Joshua Whitehead 🔗 Read now at: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55163

Join Leanne Betasamosake Simpson as she discusses her new book, Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead, in a conversation with Nick Estes, Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies. Learn more: ow.ly/MVu450X0RW1